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Fanny

(Slang) The buttocks.
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Bum

A tramp; a vagrant.
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Fanny

Chiefly British Vulgar Slang The female genitals.
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Bum

A lazy or shiftless person, especially one who seeks to live solely by the support of others.
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Fanny

The female genitalia.
Her dress was so short you could nearly see her fanny.
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Bum

An incompetent, insignificant, or obnoxious person
The batter called the pitcher a bum.
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Fanny

The buttocks; arguably the most nearly polite of several euphemisms.
Children, sit down on your fannies, and eat your lunch.
Get off your fanny and get back to work!
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Bum

One who spends a lot of time doing a particular recreational activity
A beach bum.
A ski bum.
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Fanny

Sexual intercourse with a woman.
Get some fanny tonight
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Bum

The buttocks.
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Fanny

Women viewed as sexual objects.
This club is full of fanny.
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Bum

To live by begging and scavenging from place to place. Often used with around.
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Fanny

Mess kettle or cooking pot.
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Bum

To pass time idly; loaf. Often used with around.
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Fanny

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
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Bum

(Informal) To be depressed, disheartened, or dismayed
After our team lost the championship, we were bumming.
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Fanny

External female sex organs;
In England `fanny' is vulgar slang for female genitals
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Bum

To acquire by begging; cadge.
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Bum

(Informal) To depress, dishearten, or dismay. Often used with out.
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Bum

Inferior; worthless
Gave me bum advice.
Did a bum job of fixing the car.
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Bum

Disabled; malfunctioning
A bum shoulder.
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Bum

Unfavorable or unfair
Got a bum deal on my final grade for the course.
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Bum

Unpleasant; lousy
Had a bum time at the party.
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Bum

The buttocks.
Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
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Bum

The anus.
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Bum

A homeless person, usually a man.
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Bum

A lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
Fred is becoming a bum - he's not even bothering to work more than once a month.
That mechanic's a bum - he couldn't fix a yo-yo.
That guy keeps interrupting the concert. Throw the bum out!
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Bum

A player or racer who often performs poorly.
Trade him to another team, he's a bum!
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Bum

(colloquial) A drinking spree.
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Bum

(dated) A humming noise.
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Bum

(obsolete) A bumbailiff.
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Bum

To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
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Bum

To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
Can I bum a cigarette off you?
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Bum

To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
I think I'll just bum around downtown for awhile until dinner.
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Bum

To wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
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Bum

To depress; to make unhappy.
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Bum

(intransitive) To make a murmuring or humming sound.
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Bum

(UK) An expression of annoyance.
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Bum

Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
Bum note
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Bum

Unfair.
Bum deal
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Bum

Injured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
I can't play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
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Bum

Unpleasant or unhappy.
He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
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Bum

The buttock.
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Bum

A humming noise.
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Bum

To make murmuring or humming sound.
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Bum

To borrow without intention of returning; to cadge; as, to bum a cigarette; to bum a cup of coffee; - usually with inexpensive items as the object.
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Bum

A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
Only a rotter would do that
Kill the rat
Throw the bum out
You cowardly little pukes!
The British call a contemptible person a `git'
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Bum

A disreputable vagrant;
A homeless tramp
He tried to help the really down-and-out bums
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Bum

Person who does no work;
A lazy bum
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Bum

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
He deserves a good kick in the butt
Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
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Bum

Ask for and get free; be a parasite
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Bum

Be lazy or idle;
Her son is just bumming around all day
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Bum

Of very poor quality
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